Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Privacy & Confidentiality Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect/Past (or Co-chair), for a three-year term (Year 1 is Vice Chair, Year 2 is Chair, Year 3 is Past Chair); and
2 Steering Committee members (two-year terms)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Archival History Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect for a one year term and then a one year term as Chair
Three Steering Committee Members for a one year term
One Student/Early Career Member for a one year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey....
We are excited to announce our slate of candidates for the 2024 Preservation Section election. Please review their candidate statements and get to know them. Thank you to our candidates for volunteering!
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 year term as Vice-Chair; following two years as Chair and Past-Chair)
One Member-At-Large (Two-year term)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff, with ballot information to come.
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate
The following...
Thank you to all our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025-2026 SAA SNAP election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice. Ballots will be open June 25 - July 16!
You will be voting for:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (two-year term)
Secretary (one-year term)
Three Steering Committee Members (one-year term).
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate
The following candidate is running for the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 College and University Archives Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
• One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term; and
• Two Steering Committee members (three-year terms).
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Emily Shelton
Clemson University
Biographical Statement:
Emily Shelton is the...
Thank you to all the excellent candidates for standing in the 2025-2026 Audio and Moving Image Section election. Please take some time to review candidate bios and statements.
Open positions:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Member-At-Large, Steering Committee
*The Steering Committee requires a minimum of two members.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Candidate statements and Bios
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
Vice...
Please find the 2025-2026 IAAS Election Candidate Statements below:
Open Position: Junior Co-Chair
(2-year term: 1st year as Junior Co-Chair and 2nd year as Senior Co-Chair)
CANDIDATES (3 TOTAL):
Jenifer Monger
Title: Institute Archivist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and Adjunct Professor for Indiana University
Biographical Statement:
Jenifer Monger is the Institute Archivist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and adjunct professor for Indiana...
Thank you to all who considered participating as a candidate for standing in the 2024 Military Archives Section election. Please take some time to review the candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.You will be voting for:Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year termSecretaryThe new Chair of the MARS Section will be Jeffrey Kozak, who was elected as the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect in 2024. Amy Mondt will continue to serve as the MARS Communications Liaison for the...
Taking Flight in Oral History - Lessons Learned from Conducting the Flying Voices Oral History ProjectAbra Schnur, MLS Candidate, Project Director of the Flying Voices Oral History Project. The Flying Voices Oral History Project: In-flight and Ground Experiences of Braniff International Airways captures experiences and perspectives from former employees of the North Texas-based airline. Braniff shaped the aviation industry of the 1960s. It was the first major U.S. airline to...
Come join LAS for a Community Exchange open discussion about the LAS oral history series and the topic of Financial Records.
Oral History There has been such a large show of interest in the LAS oral history series that we would like to give people a chance to discuss!
Financial Records A recent LAS listserv discussion inspired the idea for this event. Should financial records be redacted? Should they even be included in the archive? Which records are benign and which are more sensitive?...
You will be voting for: • The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (one candidate, 2025-2028)• One Staring Committee Member (one candidate, full three-year term)• One Steering Committee Member (seven candidates, interm one-year term)• Updates to the ERS Section Standing Rules
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate (one open seat)
Lara Friedman-ShedlovDigital Records Archivist, University of Minnesota...
2025 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Independent Archivists election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
Chair (2 year commitment, 1 year as Chair, 1 year as Immediate Past Chair)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (3 year commitment, 1 year as Vice-Chair, 1 year as Chair, 1 year as Immediate Past Chair)
1 Member-At...
The One Book, Many Communities has 3 digital book discussion events in the month of August. This project draws inspiration from the “one book, one town” idea, wherein people in local communities come together to read and discuss a common book. Librarians and Archivists with Palestine invites readers, librarians, and others to organize gatherings to discuss Minor Detail by Adania Shibli. This campaign is designed to introduce readers to the richness of Palestinian literature, and create a...
2025 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Description Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One (1) Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a term of three (3) consecutive years: one (1) year as Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, one (1) year as Chair, and one (1) year as Past Chair.
One (1) Steering Committee Member-at-Large, for a...
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.
Nikki Thomas
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
I am currently the Archivist for Collection Management at UNC Charlotte where I manage and supervise accessioning, arrangement, description, and preservation functions for University Archives and manuscripts, including establishment of policies, procedures, workflows and guidelines. Previously, I was Manuscripts Curator at UT San Antonio, where I managed the university’s manuscript collections...
Produced in 1970 as a collaboration between Newsreel filmmakers and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Finally Got the News paints a picture of race, class, and labor issues in Detroit while exemplifying the ways cinema at the time was used by filmmakers as a means for liberation and a tool for worker struggles.This film screening accompanies Interference Archive’s public exhibition of the same name, which reflects on print publications from across the radical left in the 1970s. We will...
Please find below the slides for Deborah Hakes's presentation and a link to the partial recording of the meeting.
Do you get a thrill looking at a box of tapes or talking about preservation, identification, description, transcriptions, digitization (the list goes on) we might just be the group for you!
If you are looking to expand your involvement within the Audio & Moving Image (AMI) community, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these leadership positions. In these roles you can build the section to new heights by creating programs, networking and providing expertise and...
UnBOXed: LAS Treasures
Join the Lone Arrangers Section for a professional "show-and-tell" as we marvel at the treasures from several different archival collections, including loss records from Titanic; pieces from the collections of over 25 jewelry tool and die companies spanning from the 1860s to today; a 15th century psalter done by hand with gold leaf; a Neptune certificate for crossing the equator; and more! The latest of the LAS UnBOXed series, this event will be sure to thrill and...
The Archival History Section (AHS) Steering Committee is seeking nominations for the following five vacancies:
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: one vacancy; one year as Vice-Chair and one year as Chair
Member-At-Large: three vacancies: one year term
Student/Early Career Member: one vacancy; one year term
The Steering Committee meets up to 1 hour once a month from September through June and holds an open to the public business meeting in the summer. The Steering Committee is responsible for planning...
UPDATE: Due to end of term graduations and in an effort to allow more people to participate we are rescheduling this event.
The Performing Art Section invites you to our upcoming meet and greet on May 14, 2025 at 1:00 pm EDT / 10:00 am PDT. Our guests will be Judy Tyrus, founder of ChromaDiverse (CD) and Eric Waldman, COO. Their presentation will include an overview video of ChromaDiverse and a brief look at the Oakland Ballet Company Legacy Project Portal.
ABOUT ChromaDiverse:
ChromaDiverse (...
Are you looking for a way to expand your professional network and get more involved in the digital archives and digital preservation community? If so, come join the Electronic Records Section Steering Committee and help grow the community while learning from fellow professionals!
Joining the Steering Committee is a small commitment of time each month, providing you with valuable experience as you contribute to vital services for your colleagues.
The committee meets once a month as time...
The Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards is pleased to release Encoded Archival Context – Corporate bodies, Persons, Families (EAC-CPF) 2.0.
The process for a major revision for EAC-CPF started in 2017, following the 2015 merger of the Technical Subcommittees on EAD and EAC-CPF and the Schema Development Team into the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) and was finalized in early 2022.
The main updates to the standard are
changes to...
The SAA Public Library Archives and Special Collections Section (PLASC) has been working to raise awareness of, and advocate for, the unique collections, staff, and work of public library archives and special collections. Some of our projects have included hosting coffee chats, managing and updating microsite resources, writing and publishing to the section blog, and collaborating with other sections to create holistic programming.
Students, new professionals, and mid-career welcome! Open to...
Slate of candidates for 2023 IA steering committee
Incoming Vice-Chair, class of 2026
Deb Eschweiler (She/Her)
Job Title: Editor | Media Asset Manager | Audiovisual Archivist (self-employed)
Bio: With a video editing career spanning over 3 decades, Deb Eschweiler has been shepherding analog and digital media, organizing project elements, and safeguarding client’s media legacies since before she could put a name to the process. Her undergraduate studies included a minor in history and a...
